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basically doubled under the obama administration. if the interest rate went from historic lows right now to where it would be under normal circumstances, you would be talking about $500 billion in deficit this year. things quickly spin out of control. if interest rates go up, you have this big increase in the deficit and the united states is going to be even riskier, people will want to charge higher interest rates. and what was already a hard situation it's been out of control very easily like we saw happen in greece and other countries. so i would like to talk about the impacts of obama's views on guns. this is another area where people are properly educated about what the debate is right now. and it can make a difference, just like educating people with regard to the deficit that we are facing and the false claims about the deficit supposedly helping out the economy. now, before i get into this, i knew obama. we both taught at the university of chicago law school during the late 1990s. the first time i met him -- the first time i
basically doubled under the obama administration. if the interest rate went from historic lows right now to where it would be under normal circumstances, you would be talking about $500 billion in deficit this year. things quickly spin out of control. if interest rates go up, you have this big increase in the deficit and the united states is going to be even riskier, people will want to charge higher interest rates. and what was already a hard situation it's been out of control very easily like...
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he outlined the obama administration efforts to expand export opportunities for american companies. this is 35 minutes. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome the vice president of the united states, joe biden. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> good afternoon, chairman, members of the board of directors, and ladies and gentlemen. my name is jeneane. i am the founder and the co-owner of miss jenny's pickles to read our headquarters are located in corners all north carolina. i am so honored and so grateful to be introducing vice president joe biden, our keynote speaker. but before i do i would like to share our story. miss jenny's pickles was born after our business partner and i were laid off during the recession. we took a family recipe, and we start our own company. in the beginning we grew our own cucumbers and we jarred every jar. our partnership was formed with a local ymca to use their kitchen. we knocked on doors for the stores to carry our pickles and we were in 50 stores by 2010. by the end of 2011, we were carried into hundred stores, and by the end of 2012, we are now in over 900
he outlined the obama administration efforts to expand export opportunities for american companies. this is 35 minutes. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome the vice president of the united states, joe biden. ♪ ♪ [applause] >> good afternoon, chairman, members of the board of directors, and ladies and gentlemen. my name is jeneane. i am the founder and the co-owner of miss jenny's pickles to read our headquarters are located in corners all north carolina. i am so honored...
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our task force recommends the obama administration layout a step-by-step reciprocal and proportional plan trading graduated sanctions for verifiable curbs on iran's nuclear program and verifiable assurances that iran does not have undeclared nuclear materials and facilities. iran should also explain past and possibly ongoing work on weaponization. our proposal would allow iran to continue to enrich uranium at a level provider confidence can be established that it's their nuclear program is exclusively peaceful. in a city or two u.n. security council resolutions, fully cooperate with iaea inspect various and nuclear site. if a deal cannot be reached or arranged expect more sanctions and covert action. it remains an option to deter iran from building nuclear weapons. indeed, the task force concluded, and i quote, the obama had in frustration must assure the threat remains credible as it may be the only course that deters a rant from to build nuclear weapons. even as we try to solve the nuclear question, we must do what they can to alleviate the impact on iranians. we remain opec and tr
our task force recommends the obama administration layout a step-by-step reciprocal and proportional plan trading graduated sanctions for verifiable curbs on iran's nuclear program and verifiable assurances that iran does not have undeclared nuclear materials and facilities. iran should also explain past and possibly ongoing work on weaponization. our proposal would allow iran to continue to enrich uranium at a level provider confidence can be established that it's their nuclear program is...
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and the obama administration knew about it, and actually reported about it in the state cannot department religious freedom report which is the standard for human rights reporting. but at the time it was happening they said nothing and did nothing. on our watch this has happened. and the bush administration two-thirds of the christians of iraq were driven out and we have it in the book about conversations we had with secretary of riced at the time saying, you know, please speak up for them. please protect them. again, we had 100,000 troops on the ground and she said we can't get involved in sectarian afavors. -- affairs. meanwhile they installed a shiite government in iraq and negotiates on behalf of the sunny leaders to get sunni appointment in the government. it didn't ring true. >> it doesn't seem -- as i'm listened. i'm being educate. some rights are more equal than others. in other words if we're talking about the universal concept or standard of let's say womens rights. we with speak out against it. there's been a shying away with doing that with regard to religious liberty. it seem
and the obama administration knew about it, and actually reported about it in the state cannot department religious freedom report which is the standard for human rights reporting. but at the time it was happening they said nothing and did nothing. on our watch this has happened. and the bush administration two-thirds of the christians of iraq were driven out and we have it in the book about conversations we had with secretary of riced at the time saying, you know, please speak up for them....
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. >> the obama administration refused to even tell congress. they won't even tell congress we are killing children -- >> please -- >> senator feinstein -- >> if you could, please, expedite the removal -- >> more important than the children of pakistan and yemen! are they more important? do your job! world peace depends on this! we're making more enemies! >> please proceed. >> [inaudible] >> all right. i'm going to ask -- we're going to halt the hearing. i'm going to ask that the room be cleared and that the code pink associates not be permitted to come back in. we've done this five times now, and five times are enough. >> [inaudible] >> those were code pink protests from john brennan's cia confirmation hearing earlier this year. and tonight at 8 eastern, you can call in and share your thoughts about code pink and other protest movements around the country. joining the conversation -- join in the conversation right now at facebook.com/c-span. all this week on c-span2, booktv in prime time. tonight reporting on historical events. at 8 eastern, it
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but the obama administration had written the affordable care act that if the state didn't agree to that it would be certain kinds of penalties. the argument against this was it was to coerce. and another decision which came down 7-2 with even justices breyer and kagan going over to the conservative side and only sotomayor and ginsberg holding out as the two minorities, saying that would be too coercive and to punitive, so states if they want to excuse -- which they didn't have to come which suddenly threw open the possibility that many states which is not the case will resist extending medicaid even if it is in their financial interest. it was more of a question of ideology that was positive concrete benefit for their citizens. and so the real policy, and my last cartoon, is this one which the most recent in a book came out in july, 2012. nick anderson, that's the real policy of the red state, dumping the patients who should have been, would have been, under possibility of being covered by the affordable care act under medicaid extension, instead dumping them at the door of the emergenc
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i don't know frankly whether the obama administration has ever thought about it seriously but i don't, i dent see the problem in trying. i mean, yes of course, iranians would think that americans are spying but all americans that go there they think are spying any way whether they're tourists or journalists. if you had american diplomats they talk to on regular basis instead of going through the swiss or pass messages in some other convoluted way it would serve a purpose and help iranians applying for visas coming to this country. >> i dare say i would have problems with iranian intersection in the united states. >> it has been this years. >> having diplomats. >> you have an intersx in washington for all these years. >> with iranian diplomats. >> with green cardholders. >> that's what i'm talking about. there is always that concern. the nest of spies to use an iranian expression, but i would not give up on the idea of official government representation in country. the arguments are so persuasive in terms of getting information and in the normal course of events between, and when diplo
i don't know frankly whether the obama administration has ever thought about it seriously but i don't, i dent see the problem in trying. i mean, yes of course, iranians would think that americans are spying but all americans that go there they think are spying any way whether they're tourists or journalists. if you had american diplomats they talk to on regular basis instead of going through the swiss or pass messages in some other convoluted way it would serve a purpose and help iranians...
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under the obama administration why african-americans are doing worse under his administration more than the previous administration? >> guest: the unemployment among blacks is now 16 plus%. so whites are doing marginally better, blacks are doing significantly worse. the question is how much of that do we ascribe to the president? there are other market forces and factors, i suppose. but that is a good question to put to the president. i should say at the same time that nobody wants more than i do to see president obama succeed. it is very important to the black community that he have a successful presidency and i think to some extent that is why blacks have not been disposed to be harshly critical of him, because of things we might think he should have done but has not done. i think the political space he operates in is very small on these kinds of issues. and i don't know if he is willing to push out that space to do more things but it is a question he would have to answer. but objectively i don't think there is any question that if one uses employment as a measure, blacks have done wo
under the obama administration why african-americans are doing worse under his administration more than the previous administration? >> guest: the unemployment among blacks is now 16 plus%. so whites are doing marginally better, blacks are doing significantly worse. the question is how much of that do we ascribe to the president? there are other market forces and factors, i suppose. but that is a good question to put to the president. i should say at the same time that nobody wants more...
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. >> so what do you think just to follow up on that, do you think the obama administration has been slow to criticize china and called china on this but recently they did. is that inappropriate response? >> the obama administration clearly has the responsibility to help our companies protect their intellectual property and trade secrets, and i think as we look at what we need in this country, we need stronger laws, we need to be a will to enforce the law. i think the business needs to do a much better job of hardening their computer systems, and i think the need to do a better job of reporting and attack immediately. we need to enforce those laws. >> in your book on the brink -- and you are working on a new book that will be out in the next year -- everyone should have read i believe it is your first book; is that right, "on the brink" about the financial crisis. one thing i pulled out that was interesting is that in september of 2008, things were bad, de hearing relating very fast. you notified the prime minister to give him an update about what was going on here and you kind of warm hi
. >> so what do you think just to follow up on that, do you think the obama administration has been slow to criticize china and called china on this but recently they did. is that inappropriate response? >> the obama administration clearly has the responsibility to help our companies protect their intellectual property and trade secrets, and i think as we look at what we need in this country, we need stronger laws, we need to be a will to enforce the law. i think the business needs...
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its different in afghanistan under the obama administration. this is where the supposedly pros were going to be put in summary judgment the state department and usaid were supposed to bring in the experts from our nation's civil service and foreign service. the problem was many of our best people has already burnt out in iraq by then, and so they simply kind of put out a notice for jobs to be filled and waited for resumes to come in. instead of going out and scouring universities like this, ngos and nonprofits, the private sector. if i were obama, i would have called up the human resources heads at apple and microsoft and google and said, give me one of your people for a year and go out and find people who are willing to live in these obscure conditions, fine people who are willing -- who possess these skills. we never did that. and so i'm not sure that when you look back at iraq anda, it really represents the best of what our nation can do if we really put our mind to it. >> host: thankses a lot. i think it's important that -- reporters in sit
its different in afghanistan under the obama administration. this is where the supposedly pros were going to be put in summary judgment the state department and usaid were supposed to bring in the experts from our nation's civil service and foreign service. the problem was many of our best people has already burnt out in iraq by then, and so they simply kind of put out a notice for jobs to be filled and waited for resumes to come in. instead of going out and scouring universities like this,...
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administration. i do think that, um, we need to stay committed in afghanistan. i think we're going to be committed at much lower levels of manpower and money. i think the intent is to have reduced the force to something like somewhere in the area of 8-15,000, i think, with the lower level being the more likely level in terms of american troop levels after 2014. but i do think a continued commitment of that sort is going to be necessary. i don't see -- you've got several transitions coming in 2014. one is the transition from american combat operations to afghan combat operations. the other transition is from karzai-led afghanistan to somebody else-led afghanistan. the second of those transitions is by far the more delicate, the more difficult and the more decisive. the afghan army's not going to run away in 2014, but the afghan government could begin to disintegrate if the elections go badly, if they're indecisive, if they're devisive rather than bringing the country together. but assuming those go re
administration. i do think that, um, we need to stay committed in afghanistan. i think we're going to be committed at much lower levels of manpower and money. i think the intent is to have reduced the force to something like somewhere in the area of 8-15,000, i think, with the lower level being the more likely level in terms of american troop levels after 2014. but i do think a continued commitment of that sort is going to be necessary. i don't see -- you've got several transitions coming in...
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i know the obama administration is saying they are for investing in the green economy but also the phrase we are for all of the above including especially cheap natural gas through fracking and that we have to oppose that. there is no way -- let me come back on this stuff. let me summarize the results. there is no way you come close to meeting the emission reduction target, greenhouse gas emissions target. and the existing level of consumption for coal, oil and natural gas. no way you come close. if you take the climate scientists at all seriously which i do, basically we have to cut consumption of all three, coal, oil and natural gas, by 50%, roughly 50%, 40% within 20 years. how can we build up this whole big fracking industry. forget about the fact that it is contaminating water and creating volcanoes, let's just put those aside just on the climate effects, you just can't do it. the green economy is an imperative, an environmental imperatives and also happens to be good for jobs. >> i have to agree with you on energy-saving is. i work for nonprofit and rehab and affordable housing and
i know the obama administration is saying they are for investing in the green economy but also the phrase we are for all of the above including especially cheap natural gas through fracking and that we have to oppose that. there is no way -- let me come back on this stuff. let me summarize the results. there is no way you come close to meeting the emission reduction target, greenhouse gas emissions target. and the existing level of consumption for coal, oil and natural gas. no way you come...
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the history of the george bush administration and the obama administration both tell you the foreign policy of the united states is made by the president pretty much period, end sentence. variation and complicated many things to do but fundamentally, the policy is made by the president's. that is the most important human element. it is not made by fast bureaucracies and most presidents are smart enough and strong enough to make sure that doesn't happen. this is certainly the story of, i would argue, colin powell and george bush's first term where the state department became irrelevant, worth following president blind, they were marginalized. it is also true after all that israel is a democracy. what we were doing in 2004-2005 when we were helping sharon, we recognized we need a majority. representing the people of israel. we will do what we can to lend to the prestige of the president but we need that, people are going to be with you to take these steps. i don't think we neglected the human element in this and i have to say to give you an example of what i mean, when the mitchell rep
the history of the george bush administration and the obama administration both tell you the foreign policy of the united states is made by the president pretty much period, end sentence. variation and complicated many things to do but fundamentally, the policy is made by the president's. that is the most important human element. it is not made by fast bureaucracies and most presidents are smart enough and strong enough to make sure that doesn't happen. this is certainly the story of, i would...
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he said president obama's administration is engaging the international community for such a measure. this is about 45 minutes. >> thank you all for joining us this morning. thank you for joining us. i am the senior fellow and we are very pleased to welcome frank rose for space and defense policy. now, for those of you who don't know us well, we are a global think tank. we have our mothership in london, and also in other places. the dialogues of the middle east and other dialogues of the asia pacific have been recorded. we also publish survival, international affairs, the 2013 addition of which was once your last week. and some of which are on display. this is a critical part of our network. >> we are here today to hear from mr. frank. frank is responsible for defense and military space policy. prior to joining the department in 2009, he held very strict positions in the u.s. house of representatives, including the committee on intelligence and secretary of defense. he received his m.a. in war studies. prior to joining the institute, i can tell you one thing about him. he takes diplom
he said president obama's administration is engaging the international community for such a measure. this is about 45 minutes. >> thank you all for joining us this morning. thank you for joining us. i am the senior fellow and we are very pleased to welcome frank rose for space and defense policy. now, for those of you who don't know us well, we are a global think tank. we have our mothership in london, and also in other places. the dialogues of the middle east and other dialogues of the...
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she worked for the obama administration. coming up next, we will be talking with an ambassador who served in south korea. .. to strike potentially, and our base infrastructure in the region. they have a lot of hardware. i think the estimates are that there are elements of the ground forces that are ready but that they would have difficulty in terms of logistics and sustainment in any kind of prolonged conflict. i don't think anyone believes that they would ultimately be successful or they to launch aggression. the problem is even if they were defeated ultimately by the south koreans with the united states and others in support of, there are very high casualties on both sides and obviously no one wants to see that. >> this is a chart and it shows different sites in north korea, underground nuclear test sites. it has missile sites come suspected kunkel weapons sites. what's our intelligence about this area? >> i think the united states government has a pretty good sense of how the nuclear program is laid out. many of the kunke
she worked for the obama administration. coming up next, we will be talking with an ambassador who served in south korea. .. to strike potentially, and our base infrastructure in the region. they have a lot of hardware. i think the estimates are that there are elements of the ground forces that are ready but that they would have difficulty in terms of logistics and sustainment in any kind of prolonged conflict. i don't think anyone believes that they would ultimately be successful or they to...
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handled the situation in benghazi how the state department handled it how the obama administration administration handled it. that's seems to be where the brunt of the criticism goes. that for better or worse will be a nice distractions for any news organization that feels if they drop it as well. i think that's -- [inaudible] stops with the administration, state department, if there were any wrong doing and how they handled that. i don't think it's probably the best example in which you might see a networking anchor apologize. i think the reality that reporters apologize all the time. .. my question was with the validity, how are you supposed to find news on the internet when you can't find -- who argue supposed to trust and what happened with the freedom of trust don't they have a responsibility that the news happens with press and who are you supposed to trust if you can't trust the people on tv that for years our grandparents had been telling us this is the news like cnn. this is supposed to be news and it's like none of it is happening the way it is supposed to be. >> host: let machine take
handled the situation in benghazi how the state department handled it how the obama administration administration handled it. that's seems to be where the brunt of the criticism goes. that for better or worse will be a nice distractions for any news organization that feels if they drop it as well. i think that's -- [inaudible] stops with the administration, state department, if there were any wrong doing and how they handled that. i don't think it's probably the best example in which you might...
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and of course as you point out in the obama administration and i will give you this point the obama administration had a smaller group of people to look at and what they also did is they decided to up the risk quotient that they're willing to take and that's part of the reason that eighty six were cleared for transfer that doesn't mean they were innocent no one even the obama station didn't say they were innocent of what you say is they are going to you we are transfer thomas go ahead before we go to the break so but they cleared every they've been cleared charles they've been cleared yeah just like you go to make sure that you're hungry something very serious going on here something absurd is going on here many have gone back to being over certain stories many have gone back to recidivate activity you know wait a second now wait a second you think and many of them are certain many of the people you know wait no no you say that i'm saying something absurd i don't even understand it i'm not saying they're unique population i'm not saying are you saying all of them were terrorists tha
and of course as you point out in the obama administration and i will give you this point the obama administration had a smaller group of people to look at and what they also did is they decided to up the risk quotient that they're willing to take and that's part of the reason that eighty six were cleared for transfer that doesn't mean they were innocent no one even the obama station didn't say they were innocent of what you say is they are going to you we are transfer thomas go ahead before we...
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i don't know frankly whether the obama administration has ever thought about it seriously, but i don't see the problem in trying. yes, of course the iranians would think the americans are spying. but they think all americans who go to our spine whether journalists or students or tourists, it doesn't matter. so if you have a american diplomats there and people like to talk to on the record basis instead of having to go through this list of past messages in some of the convoluted way, i think it would serve a purpose and it certainly would help iranians who are applying for a visa to come to this country. >> i would have office with the iranian intersection in the united states spent it's been here for all these years spent having diplomats in washington for example,. >> we have had -- >> that's what i'm talking about. so there's always been concerned. the nest of spies, to use and a running expression, but i would not give up on an idea of official government representation in country. the arguments are so persuasive in terms of getting information in the normal course of events between
i don't know frankly whether the obama administration has ever thought about it seriously, but i don't see the problem in trying. yes, of course the iranians would think the americans are spying. but they think all americans who go to our spine whether journalists or students or tourists, it doesn't matter. so if you have a american diplomats there and people like to talk to on the record basis instead of having to go through this list of past messages in some of the convoluted way, i think it...
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under the obama administration, why is it that african-americans are doing worse under his administration more than the, like i say, last, previous four administrations? thank you. >> guest: well, the unemployment among blacks is now 16-plus percent. and so, um, whites are doing marginally better. blacks are doing significantly worse. the question is how much of that do we ascribe to the president? of course, there are other market forces and factors, i suppose, but i think that's a good question to put to the president. i should say at the same time that nobody wants more than i do to see president obama succeed, succeed. it is very important to the black community. that he have a successful president, presidency. and i think to some extent that's why blacks have not been disposed to be harshly critical of him because of things we might think he should have done but has not done. i think the political space he operates in is very small on these kinds of issues, um, and i don't know if he is willing to push out that space to do more things, but i think it is a question he would have to an
under the obama administration, why is it that african-americans are doing worse under his administration more than the, like i say, last, previous four administrations? thank you. >> guest: well, the unemployment among blacks is now 16-plus percent. and so, um, whites are doing marginally better. blacks are doing significantly worse. the question is how much of that do we ascribe to the president? of course, there are other market forces and factors, i suppose, but i think that's a good...
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while these are policies under the bush administration, no obama administration official has repudiated these views and it continues to be the practice of the dhs. not so much to defend systems that i am talking about. but to actively resist being obligated to defend them before any court at all. so what is in the records that they compile? well, if you travel across u.s. borders in the last 10 years, dhs has a file on you. with the identity project, you can find them on our website. at papers please.org. we have been compiling the responses. eventually i sued for the portions that they withheld. they retroactively exempted the automated targeting system and the district court upheld that exemption. but they did release quite a bit of self damning information. some of the information that we know is there and have seen, and examples include passenger name records, they also include non-airline data. and the log of any time you cross the border for any reason, and more information to be given in regards to people of interest. this is a simple thing as it happens. what is interesting is t
while these are policies under the bush administration, no obama administration official has repudiated these views and it continues to be the practice of the dhs. not so much to defend systems that i am talking about. but to actively resist being obligated to defend them before any court at all. so what is in the records that they compile? well, if you travel across u.s. borders in the last 10 years, dhs has a file on you. with the identity project, you can find them on our website. at papers...
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it doesn't seem she's getting hints of the obama administration. she wants to make sure that other people will act with the united states if there's action. explain what she is doing in france. >> guest: let me give you the context of the trip. it was one of the most insane trips that i have been on. everything was on the move. it felt like the world was ending. you had the earthquake in japan, with a tsunami there and the nuclear crisis. a crisis with pakistan where cia contractor raymond davis was detained, you had had the revolution ending in egypt. hosni mubarak had just stepped down. the revolution was ongoing, the uprising was ongoing in libya. syria was erupting and you had a couple of thousand troops marching in to bahrain to quell the unrest there. all of this happening at the same time on the flight to paris and the u.s. is coming under intense pressure to try to do intense pressure to do something about libya where gadhafi was threatening to level the town or the city of ben gas city. that takes you back to the questions you asked about,
it doesn't seem she's getting hints of the obama administration. she wants to make sure that other people will act with the united states if there's action. explain what she is doing in france. >> guest: let me give you the context of the trip. it was one of the most insane trips that i have been on. everything was on the move. it felt like the world was ending. you had the earthquake in japan, with a tsunami there and the nuclear crisis. a crisis with pakistan where cia contractor...
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administration i hope he can change not only this country for the better in terms of ending poverty i also hope he can help spearhead an effort to lift people all over the world. it's what he called on us to do. in those words that she spoke during the international declaration for human rights as true today as they were back then. i come before somebody excited about the future. i'm not happy with the way things are going in the immediate term but i'm optimistic. i believe some of these ideas caring about one another i think that's the future and the sooner we get they're the better. thank you for taking politics seriously and paying attention to what's going on in the world and not speaking in just the terms of sound bites but understanding with these issues are. s troubled is congress is right now there is a time for everything. there is a time for this backward thinking house of representatives. that time is passing and we will get to the point we can get a congress that wants to get things done and puts the american people ahead of the party. thank you very much for having me.
administration i hope he can change not only this country for the better in terms of ending poverty i also hope he can help spearhead an effort to lift people all over the world. it's what he called on us to do. in those words that she spoke during the international declaration for human rights as true today as they were back then. i come before somebody excited about the future. i'm not happy with the way things are going in the immediate term but i'm optimistic. i believe some of these ideas...
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the obama administration with another bright idea. they want people with bad credit to be buying houses. we've seen this movie, have only? we will take it out in the "chalk talk". disappointing reports on the economy and they lose that president sparking a selloff in the market. we will be joined by chief economist john lonski of moody's and next. ♪ ♪ lou: a federal reserve president letting a timetable on the possible end of the fed bond buyback program. investors really did not want to hear from the san francisco fed president, john williams to send the markets and to something of the chaos. it was not all his fault. the wilshire 5,000 losing $2,205,000,000,000 in market cap. chief economist for moody's capital market, his analysis. looking at all street today, the president of the san francisco fed, los angeles, beginning to an end of the fed's come well, its bond buyback program sometime this summer. it can be shut down altogether this year he said. sex already hit by weaker than expected economic reports, taking a beating. th
the obama administration with another bright idea. they want people with bad credit to be buying houses. we've seen this movie, have only? we will take it out in the "chalk talk". disappointing reports on the economy and they lose that president sparking a selloff in the market. we will be joined by chief economist john lonski of moody's and next. ♪ ♪ lou: a federal reserve president letting a timetable on the possible end of the fed bond buyback program. investors really did not...
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administration. i say for several reasons, i think there's a lot of reasons. i won't say them all. leave some to the only panelists. i think there's a lot of them. first of all, we can't even agree on in the town what the tax reform means. the president thinks it means to get more money. the republicans think it means it's a way to lower the rate. i'm not sure how you pay for that. but that's a sticking point right off the bat. i don't think you have any presidential leadership here, and i think presidential leadership is pretty necessary. that's what it took in '86 those who were around in '86, i cautioned this is not 1986, and some of the lessons we learned from '86 probably don't apply anymore. i still think having the buy in to the president is kind of important. in this administration doesn't seem to care about what i call classic tax reform. that's fine. that's their prerogative. in congress they haven't seem to coalesce around the issue either. so those are a couple of reasons i don't see it h
administration. i say for several reasons, i think there's a lot of reasons. i won't say them all. leave some to the only panelists. i think there's a lot of them. first of all, we can't even agree on in the town what the tax reform means. the president thinks it means to get more money. the republicans think it means it's a way to lower the rate. i'm not sure how you pay for that. but that's a sticking point right off the bat. i don't think you have any presidential leadership here, and i...
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the decision counteracts the obama administration's rejection of an f.d.a. recommendation to make the pill available for all ages without a prescription. so, congresswoman, what impact will this ruling have on the republican so-called war on women? >> i don't know if it will have an impact. it's a real challenge for the obama administration to make a decision about whether they're going to appeal the judge's decision. i hope this they don't. because i thinked the administration got it wrong in the first place by ioring the science and ignoring the decision of the f.d.a. >> this sounds like a war on chirp. putting children at risk using them to help promote left-wing agenda regardless of your position on abortion every responsible adult should be very concerned. i find it appalling. it's controversial. >> well, i don't find it appalling. i think whether or not it's war on women will depend upon how the republican party decides to respond to this. >> i think it's outrageous that kids, children like you were saying can literally get the morning-after pill at th
the decision counteracts the obama administration's rejection of an f.d.a. recommendation to make the pill available for all ages without a prescription. so, congresswoman, what impact will this ruling have on the republican so-called war on women? >> i don't know if it will have an impact. it's a real challenge for the obama administration to make a decision about whether they're going to appeal the judge's decision. i hope this they don't. because i thinked the administration got it...
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administration so mcbride was appointed by president obama in late two thousand and nine cents and these three cases in particular i think his actions show just how serious this guy is about going after anyone said he went after john kiriakou a cia agent in charge him under the espionage act john kiriakou is the only cia member to ever be imprisoned for the cia's torture program because he blew the whistle on the torture program mcbride is also gone after kim dotcom a german national living in new zealand who operates a file sharing website. i'm not sure how the u.s. government can go and extradite a foreign citizen over copyright laws in fact they can't so we actually could do there are these records here and charges on top of them additionally mcbride is also in charge of the wiki leaks grand jury is the secretive panel that's going to investigate or has been investigating the whistleblower website since at least two thousand and ten they've subpoenaed a number a number of activists a number of people associated with wiki leaks even loosely and they are going to try to eventually extra
administration so mcbride was appointed by president obama in late two thousand and nine cents and these three cases in particular i think his actions show just how serious this guy is about going after anyone said he went after john kiriakou a cia agent in charge him under the espionage act john kiriakou is the only cia member to ever be imprisoned for the cia's torture program because he blew the whistle on the torture program mcbride is also gone after kim dotcom a german national living in...
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administration. >> well, i think the obama administration confronted a unique series of difficulties when they came into office. the one thing is there was growing instability in pakistan which made rely on pakistan's government much more difficult. the second as we know hamid karzai in afghanistan has also been becoming more and more difficult for the united states to deal with. i think drones began to look like a very attractive way of dealing with a terrorism problem in afghanistan and in pakistan, in part because dealing with the government's was so difficult and costly to do. in a relatively short period of time we've moved from a relatively spare use of drones under the bush administration on something like 50 drone strikes were launched. >> more than 300. >> in the obama administration. in part i think due to the difficulties in the situation. and the notion it's a he is dukdive form of technology it appears to have no risk for u.s. personnel and you can do without boots on the ground. if you think about an american population increasingly war warry, about a government facing
administration. >> well, i think the obama administration confronted a unique series of difficulties when they came into office. the one thing is there was growing instability in pakistan which made rely on pakistan's government much more difficult. the second as we know hamid karzai in afghanistan has also been becoming more and more difficult for the united states to deal with. i think drones began to look like a very attractive way of dealing with a terrorism problem in afghanistan and...
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despite that the obama administration has held up the project citing environmental concerns. james rosen is joining us with washington with more details. james? >> heather, good afternoon, about two weeks remain in a 45-day period of public comment on the latest environmental impact study released on keystone and after that in mid april. the ball will be back in the administration's court. portions of the 175-mile pipeline are being built and portions held up by the obama administration, citing, as you say, environmental concerns. as envisioned by the trans-canada corporation the pipeline would be the second of two. the first is already pumping close to 600,000 barrels of oil a day in from canada. and the second would bring online an estimated 830,000 barrels a day. >> it's now been more than 1600 days since the initial permits were filed for building the pipeline. to put that in perspective, it took the united states a little more than 1300 days to win world war ii. and it took lewis and clark about 1100 days to walk the louisiana purchase and back. . >> reporter: aides to p
despite that the obama administration has held up the project citing environmental concerns. james rosen is joining us with washington with more details. james? >> heather, good afternoon, about two weeks remain in a 45-day period of public comment on the latest environmental impact study released on keystone and after that in mid april. the ball will be back in the administration's court. portions of the 175-mile pipeline are being built and portions held up by the obama administration,...
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charles: do you agree. >> i am in the middle, i hate the fact that the obama administration wasted so much money, you get to kids who need a break, the economy is so bad, they are stuck in the parent's basement. they should not know -- hey i'm going to spend or get bailout, because they are not through school yet. >> what about those points that hadley brought up, if you take a major with 25% unemployment. you knowingly take it. should rest of country pay -- >> -- you know as a history major i'm not going for that either, if you want to major in history or something you feel is purpose like art, you make the dough you are a business by. charles: but should someone else pay for it. >> no, just because they are talking about possibly giving relief to stein, if anyone needed relief, students should know they have to take responsibility, maybe there should be a class about that, a class about responsibility with your loan. charles: that should be in first grade, not college. rick, you remember good old days with city college free. somebody like myself could go through school and get throu
charles: do you agree. >> i am in the middle, i hate the fact that the obama administration wasted so much money, you get to kids who need a break, the economy is so bad, they are stuck in the parent's basement. they should not know -- hey i'm going to spend or get bailout, because they are not through school yet. >> what about those points that hadley brought up, if you take a major with 25% unemployment. you knowingly take it. should rest of country pay -- >> -- you know as...
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government interesting, strange bedfellows, the nra and the obama administration, it was the obama administration that at the last minute ended these talks last july. you had the head of amnesty international saying this was a stunning comic artists act by the obama administration when at the last minute did an about- face and scuttle progress toward global arms treaty. so that people, especially the activists, cannot organize because it happened at the very end. nra and obama, here at home they seem like pampers i sat on each other, but they're the work together. >> the nra has peddled untruths about this international arms trade treaty since the beginning. it was suggested in some way with impact on their ability internally within the u.s. to bear arms, which is an absolute nonsense. so not only are the strange bedfellows on the international stage, but even what is happening domestically should be put in its place by the obama administration itself domestically. but it has used the nra effectively, and i think for domestic reasons in the lead up to the election, to prevent the passage of the t
government interesting, strange bedfellows, the nra and the obama administration, it was the obama administration that at the last minute ended these talks last july. you had the head of amnesty international saying this was a stunning comic artists act by the obama administration when at the last minute did an about- face and scuttle progress toward global arms treaty. so that people, especially the activists, cannot organize because it happened at the very end. nra and obama, here at home...
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the obama administration is probably not going to do it, so
the obama administration is probably not going to do it, so
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to give some background in context, the obama administration term was characterized by a large-scale legislative initiatives covering to in the united states economy. first, the patient protection and affordable care act also known as obamacare and the second dodd-frank wall street reform protection act otherwise known as dodd-frank. aside from growth and complexity, these initiatives are largely not related. however, they do have a few in comment. both exhibited departure from the established principle that the congress should oversee and supervise regulatory bodies that an act of the rules and that the bodies should be subject to clear statutory parameters. dodd-frank stability oversight council and the consumer financial protection bureau. these bodies are tasked with far reaching powers that include the power to determine which private companies are deemed systemically important, how they should be resolved if they get at all bankrupting into trouble and what should apply to banks and financial companies that interact with retail consumers. these are broad and wide ranging pal wo
to give some background in context, the obama administration term was characterized by a large-scale legislative initiatives covering to in the united states economy. first, the patient protection and affordable care act also known as obamacare and the second dodd-frank wall street reform protection act otherwise known as dodd-frank. aside from growth and complexity, these initiatives are largely not related. however, they do have a few in comment. both exhibited departure from the established...
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why that obama administration agenda stalled? is it because of the credibility issues? >> you know it is frustrating. you know businesses are not confident that what is coming out of washington -- all of the policymakers, white house and congress -- is something they did count on. this is the problem, they don't have confidence to invest back in their. and to know what their costs will be. you know businesses fundamentally take a multiyear time horizon in their planning, they don't know from -- when they don't know, as they don't know now what their costs will be because of government regulation, and taxiningation, y cannot plan, they cannot afford the risk of adding the jobs. liz: steve makes a great point, really, the white house saying spring break will slow job creation, come on, seriously? that is what they are saying is to blame? are you serious? come on. the medical device tax is going nowhere. there is little money now for infrastructure, $21 million verse what the president originally wanted. i think that obama administration, not just stalled but have under cu
why that obama administration agenda stalled? is it because of the credibility issues? >> you know it is frustrating. you know businesses are not confident that what is coming out of washington -- all of the policymakers, white house and congress -- is something they did count on. this is the problem, they don't have confidence to invest back in their. and to know what their costs will be. you know businesses fundamentally take a multiyear time horizon in their planning, they don't know...
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>> bret: you know, with the treatment by most of the media of the obama administration, it was thought that perhaps president obama would be immune from second term syndrome. that doesn't seem to be the case. that's right, bret. there really was a sense after the election that he was sort of politically bullet-proof and that the republicans were n disarray and scattered and that he could have his way. it's not turning out that way. look at this issue which continues to cause him troubles, obama care. look at gun control in particular which he made a very high priority and now it looks as if it's pass or almost nothing will pass. certainly nothing on the scale of he seemed to be talking about in the beginning. immigration reform is something where something may come out in the end. but that looks like an issue where he is basically been invited to kind of stay out of it and let congress work his will. so, and of course there is the other factor in the second term which is the world intrudes as the world will and has for so many presidents. north korea being the most recent example. it a
>> bret: you know, with the treatment by most of the media of the obama administration, it was thought that perhaps president obama would be immune from second term syndrome. that doesn't seem to be the case. that's right, bret. there really was a sense after the election that he was sort of politically bullet-proof and that the republicans were n disarray and scattered and that he could have his way. it's not turning out that way. look at this issue which continues to cause him troubles,...
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the obama administration addresses concerns that its response to this crisis has only made matters worse. >>> one of the most dangerous regimes in the world and now north korea says it's on the brink of war. u.s. officials fear it may be planning a missile launch soon. the threats have been amping up every day from a nation under the thumb of a young and unpredictable leader. kim jong-un is armed with a huge military, powerful conventional we papons and a nuclear program. this hour, our correspondents take a look at the threat to the united states and the world and president obama's response. christiane amanpour and fareed zakaria will give us the global view of the crisis. but we begin with barbara starr. barbara, after days of aggressive behavior from north korea, what should we be looking for right now? >> reporter: right now it continues to be a watching and waiting game by the obama administration to see what north korea does next. will they and when will they test launch these ballistic missiles, mobile missiles that they have moved to their eastern coastline? all eyes on that area
the obama administration addresses concerns that its response to this crisis has only made matters worse. >>> one of the most dangerous regimes in the world and now north korea says it's on the brink of war. u.s. officials fear it may be planning a missile launch soon. the threats have been amping up every day from a nation under the thumb of a young and unpredictable leader. kim jong-un is armed with a huge military, powerful conventional we papons and a nuclear program. this hour,...
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the sequester is one of the items that the administration, the obama administration, blames for some of these not so good jobs reports. you just showed that number. only 88,000 jobs added right now. this is the lowest number of individuals in the workforce since jimmy carter was president. the unemployment rate dropping to 7.6%. only because a lot of people are dropping out. the white house insists that there's more progress, obviously, that needs to be made. they have been focusing on infrastructural needs and other efforts to help try to rebuild this economy, specifically, focusing on the construction industry. remember it was about a week ago that the president went down to miami, the port of miami there, touting that as one of the places of progress, and saying there have to be similar sites like that around america to help us grow construction, though, alex was one of the positive points if there was any yesterday, about 18,000 construction jobs added in the month of march. it's really unclear if this is anomaly -- an anomaly the number that we saw yesterday or if it's a part of
the sequester is one of the items that the administration, the obama administration, blames for some of these not so good jobs reports. you just showed that number. only 88,000 jobs added right now. this is the lowest number of individuals in the workforce since jimmy carter was president. the unemployment rate dropping to 7.6%. only because a lot of people are dropping out. the white house insists that there's more progress, obviously, that needs to be made. they have been focusing on...
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the obama administration broke into the affordable care act that is states did not agree to do that, there'll be certain penalties. obama administration wrote into the affordable care act that it states did not agree to that, there would be certain penalties. aying that would be too punitive. choose toates could accept the funds but they did not have to. through open the possibility that many states will resist extending medicaid even if it is in their financial interests. policy is this one. by nick anderson -- that is the real policy of the red states dumping the patients who should by theen covered affordable care act. under medicaid expansion instead of dumping them at the door of the emergency room which of course will have rebounding and cascade of facts negatively on the whole health financing arrangement and all of us. it is a very poor policies. thank you. [applause] >> i want to warn you all that the iq level is about to plummet. [laughter] --eed som assistance here some assistance here, i'm guessing. it's a pc. there we go. alright. thank you. my name is clay bennett. butc
the obama administration broke into the affordable care act that is states did not agree to do that, there'll be certain penalties. obama administration wrote into the affordable care act that it states did not agree to that, there would be certain penalties. aying that would be too punitive. choose toates could accept the funds but they did not have to. through open the possibility that many states will resist extending medicaid even if it is in their financial interests. policy is this one....
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and this administration share real concerns about the direction that egypt appears to be moving in. it is our hope there's still time to turn the corner. the recent arrest, violence in the streets, exclusivity with respect to the opposition and public ways that make a difference to all people in egypt, that is a concern today. so as we condemn the attacks -- attacks everywhere in the world and urge government to prosecute those responsible, we recognize that sexual violence is endemic across societies not only in egypt, not only in this region, in many parts of the world, and not only in cities, but in rural communities. well, let's not have folia downer day here. if faugh many of the women also shared some good news stories. won moroccan woman told me she is the youngest female parliamentarian and morocco. she looked about 12, but i'm sure she was not. she was the first corona her village to go to school, to attend a university, become elected to public office. she said she is determined to make sure her exceptional story becomes every moroccan girls normal story. another woman esc
and this administration share real concerns about the direction that egypt appears to be moving in. it is our hope there's still time to turn the corner. the recent arrest, violence in the streets, exclusivity with respect to the opposition and public ways that make a difference to all people in egypt, that is a concern today. so as we condemn the attacks -- attacks everywhere in the world and urge government to prosecute those responsible, we recognize that sexual violence is endemic across...